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Benson Boone’s Just Getting Started
Benson Boone is 22 years old. He had the biggest song in the world last year. And the future looks even brighter. Inside the mind of a rising star
On clear days, that very body of water, and the white mountains beyond it, are part of the panoramic view from the terrace of Boone’s house, a sharp-angled, industrial-gray luxury fortress with towering windows atop a cliff 30 minutes south of Salt Lake City. The one he thinks will end up being biggest is called “Mystical Magical,” a quirky, Seventies-vibed pop song with a hooky R&B bass line, where he pushes his voice so high in the chorus that he compares it to Tiny Tim’s “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” a reference I wasn’t expecting. He and his manager and best friend, Jeff Burns, a cocksure thirtysomething who’s also grown a mustache, did used to pound Wild Berry Blast energy drinks while brainstorming the social media strategies that helped launch Boone’s career.
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